2006 - Nordic Council Lit Prize (Nomination): The People in the Basement.

2004 - Icelandic Lit Prize: The People in the Basement.

2002 - Icelandic book sellers prize: The strangest of all is you.

2002 - Upplýsing Prize (Librarians): The strangest of all is you.

2002 - Icelandic Literature Prize (Nomination): The strangest of all is you.

1998 - Icelandic Literature Prize (Nomination):Bliss.

“In Grand Mal Jonsdottir shows yet again that she is extremely skilled at creating complicated characters – to rub them down
until what’s left is a raw, defenceless and yet so very pitiable human being.”
DV, Icelandic Newspaper